Ore. Officers Placed Man Suffering Overdose in Cruiser without Medical Treatment, Lawsuit Alleges

Ore. officers placed man suffering overdose in cruiser without medical treatment, lawsuit alleges

The suit claims Coos Bay officers were “deliberately indifferent” to the man’s signs of distress as they left him alone in a cruiser for several minutes

Cop ignored dying man in back of hot police car, watched TikToks and sent ‘intimate’ texts instead: lawsuit

Nathan Bradford Smith, 33, was suffering a meth overdose and heatstroke after being arrested in July 2024 when Benjamin Martin allegedly left him in a parked patrol car -- watching TikToks and sending intimate texts instead of getting him immediate help, according to a lawsuit filed by Smith's family Wednesday, obtained by The Oregonian.

Lawsuit filed after police left man to die in hot car while they 'watched TikToks and sent intimate texts'

An Oregon police officer is accused of leaving a mentally ill man to die in the back of a parked patrol car while watching TikToks and exchanging intimate text messages, according to a lawsuit filed by the victim’s family, per KCBY.Nathan Bradford Smith, 33, died of heat stroke, worsened by methamphetamine use, after his arrest in Coos Bay in July 2024.The lawsuit, filed Wednesday, names Officers Benjamin Martin, Tristan Smith, and Wesley O’Conn…

Police officer scrolled TikTok while man suffered fatal heatstroke in his cruiser

TikTok | Tero Vesalainen via iStockPhotoA tragedy occurred on July 7, 2024, when 33-year-old Nathan Bradford Smith died in Coos Bay, Oregon. But now his family is filing a federal lawsuit alleging that the police department’s “deliberate indifference” killed him. What we know is that on Aug. 7, the police had multiple run-ins with Smith. At 11 a.m., they were engaged in an unrelated investigation and confiscated a meth pipe from him. At 3 p.m., …